Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh released from jail on 40-day parole
Singh was released from the Sunaria jail in Rohtak and left for the headquarters of his organisation in Sirsa district early on Tuesday morning. This is the third time since his conviction in 2017 that Singh has been allowed to visit the place.
At other times that he has been released on parole or furlough, he stayed at his organisation's ashram in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Singh has been out of prison for 326 days in total since his conviction, Hindustan Times reported.
He was last released on furlough in April for 21 days. He was also granted a 30-day parole in January, ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections.
While a furlough can be given without any specific reason after a prisoner has served a stipulated period of time in prison, parole is based on an urgent demand or need.
Singh was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in 2017 for raping two of his women disciples at the Dera headquarters.
In 2021, he and four others were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of a former manager of his sect. However, the Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted him in the murder case in May 2024.
In February 2024, the High Court had told the Haryana government that Singh could not be granted parole without its permission. This came a month after Singh was released for 50 days, which was his seventh parole in 24 months and ninth in four years.
However, in August 2024, the High Court said that the application for temporary release filed by Singh will be decided by competent authorities as per the provisions of the 2022 Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners Temporary Release Act without 'favouritism or arbitrariness'.
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